College Taken Over By Celebrity Wannabes

LCC Theatre and Drama Program teams up with local acting troupe Monkey Waterfall to examine the cultural phenomenon of ‘celebrity’ with performances April 8-10 at the college. Photo by Michael Harada.

Leeward Community College’s Theatre and Drama Program joins forces with local performance troupe Monkey Waterfall to produce the site-specific work Celebrity Project to examine the subject of - what else? - celebrity.

Shows are set for 8 p.m. April 8-10 in LCC Theatre; however, performers and audience will move throughout the campus for a different perspective on performance and the spaces in which they occur.Audience members are encouraged to wear shoes suitable for crossing grassy areas and will receive a tour map to guide them through the action.

Co-directed by Monkey Waterfall co-artistic director Yukie Shiroma and LCC drama program director Paul Cravath, the show hits upon the questions: Who or what defines celebrity? What makes us want to be famous? How has the definition of celebrity changed? What can we learn about the consequences of fame?